NEA rejects gift from former porn star Sasha Grey

The National Education Association wants nothing to do with former film star Sasha Grey or the money made from her films. Assence Films sought to donate a portion of Grey’s upcoming movie as part of her “recent efforts to expose children to the world of literature,” according to the Huffington Post.

But in a statement Monday to The Huffington Post, NEA officials said “no, thanks.”

“Sasha Grey is not affiliated with the National Education Association’s Read Across America program nor has she been invited or endorsed by NEA to read at any of the association’s Read Across America Day events, and NEA will not accept any proceeds from her latest, or any of her films,” the statement reads. The NEA is the nation’s largest teachers’ union.

Grey, who appeared in HBO’s “Entourage,” previously made headlines for her educational efforts when she read to first- and third-grade students at a Compton, Calif., elementary school.